DEMPSEY SHOWS HIS CLASS IN PREMIER JUNIOR A COMEBACK VICTORY

Darragh Dempsey produced a remarkable comeback to defeat Shane Crowley in a thrilling Premier Junior A contest at the Marsh Road. Elsewhere, Páidín Stokes delivered a commanding Senior Championship win over Michael Bohane, while Brian O’Driscoll advanced in the Premier Junior A quarter-finals with victory over Liam Murphy at Lyre. Jack Allen claimed the Mid Cork U-18 title, and Emily Long, Tom McCarthy and Padraigh O’Brien were among the other winners in underage and veteran championship action. 

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What a comeback for Darragh Dempsey in the Premier Junior A at the Marsh Road where he played Shane Crowley for no stake. Crowley looked to be cruising in this score raising odds with every shot out to the steps. Crowley opened with two massive bowls past the upper distillery entrance. After his third to the start of the council yard wall his odds was forty meters. Dempsey got a good next to the veterinary entrance bot his fifth was very right and Crowley made the top of the hill. Dempsey just beat this tip. A massive bowl from Crowley out sight for the Silvery gate, but Dempsry was not letting the bowl go up as he beat the Silvery gate, three more each out the steps where it was still under the bowl of odds in Crowleys favour. Crowleys score from here started to unravel as he got two poor bowls in succession to gift Dempsey his first lead in the score. After their next the width of Thornhill cross separated them with Dempsey fore bowl. Crowley only made peeping for Ballyhilty with his next and Dempsey went full sight. Dempsey great bowl to the Avenue that Crowley missed in two to fall a bowl in arrears. Crowley knocked the bowl by thirty meters with his next back of Hurleys lane but Dempsey recovered well with a well played bowl around the bend past Hurleys lane that restored his bowl advantage and gave him victory.

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A Junior C championship score was played at Shannonvale between Ivan Buchannan and Eoin McCarthy, playing for a stake of €170 a-side. This was a trap to line win for McCarthy. After three shots each past the rock McCarthy had forty meters of odds. McCarthy extended his lead in three more around the quarry bend, extremely tight left with his sixth shot but got away with it. Buchannan missed full sight at Desmond’s in nine and McCarthy full sight in eight where he held a bowl and thirty meters. McCarthy went past Kingston’s wall in three more holding his advantage. Buchannan got a massive bowl to the palms at Tobin’s that knocked the bowl of odds. McCarthy next was very right and got caught a Tobin’s gate, this gave Buchannan a huge chance of levelling the score but his next bowl turned in right at Hayes cottage and no sight. McCarthy’s sixteenth got caught up on the right poor sight but a valuable twenty meters fore bowl. Buchannan got a super bowl to the cross and McCarthy beat this by twelve meters. A blunder from Buchannan with his next and McCarthy punished him and had big odds for the last shot, Buchannan last turned in left and McCarthy beat the line to book his place in the junior c final playing Gearoid McCarthy.

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STOKES PUTS DOWN A MARKER OF INTENT IN CONVINCING WIN OVER BOHANE

Timoleague hosted the first senior championship of the season where Pàidìn Stokes beat Michael Bohane convincingly, playing for a stake of €1000 a-side. This was a trap to line win for Stokes. He ment business from the off. After three good opening bowls from Stokes where he had big odds. Bohanes fourth was very right and Stokes went sight for Batemans and Bohane was facing an early bowl of odds after his next shot. Stokes got a huge fifth up past Batemans that raised the bowl of odds. Stokes extended his odds to almost two bowls after two more well played bowls up a tough rising road. Bohane replied with a super tenth shot past Batemans Cottage, Stokes misplaced his ninth left and dropped big odds to a bare bowl. Bohane got another super bowl to O' Brien bungalow that Stokes missed and now it was under the bowl of odds. But this was a close as Bohane was going to get as Stokes went past the novice line with his next and Bohane buried his twelfth in right bowl up again and his thirteenth went left. Their was no let up from Stokes from here to Deasys Cross where he raised a second bowl and progresses on. In a return score Thomas Maloney beat Shane Healy by the last shot for €1050 a-side.

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BRIAN O'DRISCOLL BEAT LIAM MURPHY IN PREMIER A QUARTER FINAL SCORE AT LYRE

Lyre held a Premier Junior A Quarter Final score between Brian O' Driscoll and Liam Murphy, no stake in this one. O' Driscoll well up past the Forest entrance in three shots eighty meters for bowl. Murphy got a smart fourth and O.Driscoll let a lot of odds drop when he was too tight left. Murphy took his second lead with a perfect fifth to Tadhg Crowley's house. After three more neither had sight at Crowleys bend. O' Driscoll got a huge eight inch perfect on the left bend and made Crowley's concrete, Murphy replied with an equally as good a shot and made peeping sight for McCarthy's bend. O' Driscoll made the double gates and Murphy made a monumental blunder when he buried his ninth in right just fore bowl. O' Driscoll went full sight at McCarthy's that put him back in front and would be led no more. After three more shots each O' Driscoll extended his odds to seventy meters and after his next had a full bowl. Murphy knocked the bowl briefly before the finish line but O' Driscoll beat the line comfortably. In a return score at Lyre Gearoid Lucey beat Danny Horgan they played for €3000 a-side.

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ALLEN TAKES MID CORK U-18 TITLE

Jack Allen was kept under pressure for his Mid Cork U-18 win over Darragh Kelleher at Beal Na Blath. Allen throwing over thirty meters at Murphy's palms. He held this odds in six shots to Bradfields cross. Kelleher closed the gap substantially to half a metre at Dan Joe’s lane. Allan got a super bowl to the Bulls gate that increased his lead again to forty meters. However back of the novice line Kelleher had the odds back to three meters but from here Allen lined to big bowls out sight above O.Mahony’a that raised a bowl of odds and guaranteed him victory.

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DUEL PLAYER EMILY GETS OVER THE FIRST COUNTY HURDLE

Emily Long took the honours over Sian O' Sullivan in the preliminary round of the U-18 county championship at Carrignavar by the last shot.

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Tom McCarthy from Carbery progressed to the semi-final of the boy’s U-18 when he beat Tommy O’Donoghue, East Cork by the last shot at Castletown. Clashmore held the East Cork overall Novice veteran final where Padraigh O’Brien beat Johnny McCarthy by one bowl of odds